Sunday, January 31, 2016

Yeah, the postitle sounds kind of scary, but go change your armor, all will be well. Very, very well indeed.

We dropped this Adelaide band (Songdropped) a week or so ago and went on to buy some at eMusic. Grooving mightily to "The Masters" awhile ago, it occurred to our lizard brain bandproduct might be available elsewhere.

Well, sure enough, the fabulous Oz project Triple J Unearthed has info, samples, and free downloadables. Our hands tremble as, for the first time in our 9.25-year life (of blogging, not organicking), we post 3 (three) TJU widgets. We noticed various ways to download the three fd's they offer, but if you get confused, click on the + signs at the Triple J UnearthedTAM bandpage, and it gets pretty easy after that. (Alternatively, click the words, "The Arch Menaces" in the widgies.)

triple j Unearthed Embedded Player

triple j Unearthed Embedded Player

triple j Unearthed Embedded Player

And in case you were wondering, here's what "The Masters" sounds like. Notice you can buy it and the rest of the LP at Bandcamp, courtesy of Jigsaw Records.(Yes, we noticed, Mr. Gift-for-the-Obvious.)

Or Oh Boy! or Oh Boy or OhBoy. Whatever. He grabbed us with that head turn/look and then it got even better. We loved it/them so much we put it in Songdrop, but you might have missed it. Definitely a top song of the week. From the Midlands.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

So, yeah, this should do it for the little impromptu Polyvinyl celebration thing we've been doing today. You've probably noticed by now, though, that we left approximately a jillion free and legals over at the Polyvinyl Bandcamp zone, so you take it from there. Or here.

A music friend recently asked us what our favorite LPs were during Calendar 2015. We of course included the superb The High Country by PolyvinylartistsPhil, Will, Tom, and Jonathan, perhaps better known as Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. SSLYBY have been popping up at our blog since early days, and they certainly got us soaring with THC.

We wanted our friend to be able to experience THC in its entirety and found it available at Bandcamp. But holy shiksa what else did we find but a veritable treasure trove of Polyvinyl product, both for sale and for name-your-price download!

So here's what we're doing. First we gather our favorite widgeted SSLYBY nypers, post 'em, and then round up some of our other favebands for a second, maybe even third post. Even before all that, though, we pop in an old-fashioned mp3 of a fun collab by SSLYBY & another long-time faveband, Telekinesis. It was posted here, but the other songlinks have gone "poof" and you certainly don't want to go read our blather. So, ready? Left click to listen, right click to Save as. . ..

Sydney bandGreen Buzzard haven't put out much in quantity so far – in these parts at least – but they've more than made up for it in quality. We've bought all we could get our claws on and after listening to "Zoo Fly" a little while ago, decided to see if we could track down any other downloadables. And Voila!, SoundCloud and the band itself come through. We might mention that the first dlable below is a big old WAVE file, so you might want to convert it to mp3 after downloading. We've been saying that a lot lately, but that's okay. Enjoy the streamables and viewable as well and go way down under to see about gripping a free WAVE of "Phantasy Girl."

This is a rather large WAVE file, so you might want to convert it to mp3 after downloading. The one below is strictly mp3, if a year older. We love the both.

Speaking of Cornish folk, you might want to check out our previous posts on The Black Tambourines and Pastel Colours. The relevant free and legal downloadables are still intact. We seem to remember that our favorite by The Black Tambourines was not free and legal when we posted it but appears to be so now, along with the entire excellent LP that holds it. (See below.)

Sometimes you just gotta go low to get high. The Psychedelic Underground Generation embraces this truism, digs it, man. That's why they periodically put out superb compilations of psych tuneage, seemingly monthly. Here are our favorites from the two latest comps. Hurry, please, on that first one (#32), for we know not how long it will be dlable. Thank you. And thank you, TPUG.

Let's talk today, though, because just today he's crushin' it with a new LP called . . . Crushin'. MM's made two songs from it available for nypdl, so check 'em out below. We trekked over to his Soundcloud page and found several more free and legals as well. We've personally cued up a bunch for future purchase at eMusic.

So that's what we're doing. What are you up to?

Oh, btw, you may have noticed that Mark deploys pictures of himself wearing blue lipstick, a pig mask, a snake, and stomach hair.*** We make no judgment as to which is scarier because we really really love his music. That's key.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

We just installed one of those "You might like" LinkWithin widgets, and it's already paying dividends. Sure, it might take you to posts where the links have gone "poof," but it also might take you to posts with good downloadable tuneage.

For example, we just paid a visit to a post with songs by much-cherished Welsh poppersJunebug and got all sad-like to see most of the widgets are empty. (One great song there is still working and downloadable.) So we followed the link to their SoundCloud page and got all happy-like to find a bunch of great downloadables, plus a fantastic update on their most recent product. Below are a few faves you might like to hear and download. We left plenty behind, in case you're interested.

Quoting from his Bandcamp blurb, "Jaime Paul Lambhas been making some semblance of music since 1985 and has been in many Garage, Punk & Power Pop bands. Lamb has also been involved in the NYC & Minneapolis Free Jazz/Avant Garde communities and is Lodge Organist of Arizona No. 2 Masonic Lodge, Phoenix, AZ. His music has been released on labels such as Slovenly, Black Gladiator, Paradigms, Wood Shampoo, NHIC, and several others."*** So now you know.

Here are some of our personal faves among his myriad incarnations. We found Phoenix-based Mr. Lamb via the Bandcamp Collection page of newfound followee Popsnacking, who also has a nice eponymous Tumblr blog.

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Yes, no sooner do we send you to Still in Rock for a happy glut than wily Frenchman Thibault follows through with another certified winner. We've mentioned a number of times how much we love the music of Matthew Melton, he of Bare Wires, Warm Soda, Pleasers, Snake Flower 2, and wtf knows whom else*** fame. Fortunately Thibault shares our love and just today posted two new ones by MM. You can sample them below and, if you like, pay Still in Rock a visit to download.

Monday, January 04, 2016

Still in Rock's been burning down da house of late, easily taking pride of place in this episode of MotS. (And we're not yet even including his fabulous Bestof2015:Best Tracks-Top 77 (Meilleurs Titres) post, which you should most definitely go check out for your ownself. Many thanks to the righteous Thibaut and the other coolbloggers noted below.

Our Playmoss Currents 3 Playlist

Powerpop Playlist: Dec. 2016==>

Here's a little playlist of pretty pure powerpop songs we've been compiling since December 2016. We'll keep adding to it as we keep finding new delights. We've got a lot more playlists of powerpop, jangle, psych, etc., over at Playmoss.

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